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Photo of the Day: July 2013
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Loving all the stripes in this and the mood. I'm guessing those may be Mr. Stripey tomatoes too.
Point taken. I was quick and didn't really do it right! I have a different lens to play with for the weekend, So I'll see how I get on with that.
So turns out the Sigma 70mm to 300 mm lens I borrowed for the weekend has no AF motor, Had a little play in the garden trying manual focus. Didn't have much of a success rate, and I was loosing the light. Anyway despite the darkness I kind of like this shot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/98680861@N08/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/98680861@N08/
A bit confused with your settings on this one.
Maybe you were intending to have it so dark but the 1/160th, f18 and ISO 800 don't really match up.
Which mode were you shooting on and was there a particular effect you were looking to achieve?
To be honest I was just trying different settings out. I was shooting in A mode whilst trying to adjust the F number (as I was struggling to work out how to do that the other day) No idea why I was on ISO 800? What should it be set to and where would you even go to adjust it?
Ideally you want to have your ISO as low as possible whilst still being able to capture the image and exposure that you are happy with.
Assuming you have a D3200 then this video at the end shows you how to change the ISO @ about 1:05.
The EXIF data I am getting for this shot are:
Nikon D3200 with Sigma 70-300 f/4-5.6 @ 195mm (effectively 292mm) and f/18. 1/160 sec. ISO 800. -4.33 ev.
The photo is way underexposed, likely because of the -4.33 ev setting.
Opening it in Aperture, boosting the exposure by 2 stops, and then applying the Auto Enhance magic wand makes it a more pleasing photo in my opinion:
Shooting at f/18 maximized the depth-of-field, though as you can see the background is still very out of focus. This is a result of the combination of shooting with a longer lens (195mm in this case) and also being rather close to the subject (I suspect you were as close as you could get and still focus with the lens--I believe that lens has a macro mode so you could get very close to the subject). These two factors offset the small aperture you chose and brought as much into focus as possible while still resulting in a background that was out of focus. Macro photography is kind of a special example since you are so close to the subject you often have to use very small apertures (and a tripod) to get everything you want in focus and also sharp.
I also suspect that your camera chose the ISO of 800 because of the negative exposure compensation you dialed into the camera (you had set the aperture at f/18 and it opted for a shutter speed of 1/160 and ISO 800 to achieve the -4.33 ev you programmed in). Not sure if you shot it first without exposure compensation and it was overexposed? Then decided to dial in some negative exposure compensation? Playing around with the settings and didn't really intend the negative exposure compensation?
Overall, I see where you were going with it and it's a pretty nice shot (as you state "besides the darkness"). Hope this is helpful. Keep experimenting and keep shooting
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Thank you!
Canon 6D, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 SP macro
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Okay, what is it? Caterpillar or flower left over? It looks like it belongs in a Dr Seuss book.
Haha yeah, it's tough to do a normal pose. Your photo is amazing, it looks so authentically old! It does look very 3d as well - just curious, what did you use to process it to black and white?
Interesting to see a portrait orientation for a coastal landscape shot. Quite different.
This little guy kept me company while I was sitting at the edge of a marsh waiting for birds to pass by. Zero birds...one Muskrat.
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So I've been neglecting my 50mm. Thought I'd grab it and hit the streets of Hong Kong...
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Everyday People 2 by pmxperience, on Flickr
Everyday People 2 by pmxperience, on Flickr